[Coco] Repack

[Clifford]

"Chester A Patterson" <vchester at setec-cr.com> 
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> I'm involved in a Coco repack. I've seen some photos where the MPI slots

> are on the front of the tower, others on the side. The thing is it's not

> possible to do what is shown in some of the photos without some cable

> between the MPI and Coco expansion slot. That or some VERY fancy (and

> convoluted) 90 degree board to board connections. Historical knowledge

> (and confirmation recently here on another thread) has it that any more

> than a 1" cable will cause problems. So... How is it done? Thanks.

> /Chester

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Just as an aside, I repacked a CoCo3 once with a 6" cable to an MPI,and it 
all worked fine. As a matter of fact,
the CoCo just recently got retired from the business that had it running. It 
chugged for 15 years with a B&B
hard disk controller and a Seagate 20 meg drive! BTW, the componants still 
work, the business just
thought it was time to "upgrade".

Clifford